Prayer for Those Suffering from Bipolar Disorder (or Manic Depressive Illness).

“O God, I need your help. Please give me the knowledge to know I am sick, the desire to get well, the determination to achieve good health, and to be kind to myself in the process. Let me accept and admit that I have bipolar disorder, and not try to hide it. Grant my medical team the wisdom and skill to treat me successfully, and may I get well by taking my prescribed medications, engaging with my medical professionals regularly, staying vigilant, and striving to be healthy – mind, body and spirit. May our efforts, combined with Your Will, bring me healing. Please give my family and those around me an attitude of love, compassionate hearts, a commitment of support, an abundance of patience, perseverance, understanding, and may I love them back. Help them not to blame me for being ill and requiring treatment, and grant me a forgiving heart for those who do cast blame. Heal me and give me new life. May I be thankful in every situation I face while confronting the diagnosis and treatment of bipolar disorder, and even for the “gift” of bipolar itself. Please enable me to use it, in Your Name, to help, bless and serve others. Let my journey towards better health provide an open message of my experience that helps others and helps stop the stigma. Mold me to be a grateful and joyful bipolar survivor, who is an example of Your love for others who battle mental illness. With you, all things are possible. Thank you Lord. Amen.”